Hardware Requirements

[bkmullen]

I am an IT manager and have been asked to plan for the implementation of vault/Dragnet in our environment. I am trying to get some Hardware requirements for this implementation. So here are my questions :-

Can Vault & Dragnet be installed on the same server ?
What HW & SW requirements shold that server meet ?
We have 2 or 3 code developers + collaborating clients - should we be using MSDE or SQL Server ?

[dan]

Can Vault & Dragnet be installed on the same server ?

Yes, this works, and they can also use the same SQL installation.

What HW & SW requirements shold that server meet ?

Vault needs Win2K or above, .Net 1.1 or above, and IIS 5 or above. For the number of users you are talking about, any server class machine will do for hardware. I'd recommend at least 1G of RAM.

We have 2 or 3 code developers + collaborating clients - should we be using MSDE or SQL Server ?

MSDE only supports 2GB of data, so it isn't the number of users but the size of your tree that will limit you. It is hard to estimate the amount of data storage you'll need, because Vault stores file deltas for file versions, which are hard to determine how big they will be. If you think you'll be anywhere close to 2 GB, you'll want to use SQL Server.

[bkmullen]

Thx for the feedback - much appreciated

[Guest]

Hi,

In the same vein: is it OK for MS SQL server and the Vault server to live on the same machine?

FYI: we have an 18GB VSS to import with about 20 users who will be using Vault once this is done.

Cheers,
Geoff.

[dan]

Yes, Vault and SQL can run on the same machine, in fact this is probably how most shops use it, since it is a bit easier to set up this way.